Unit 5: Short Film Production

KIM This is our storyboard which shows potential shot types and scenes. It also shows camera movements and angles that we will use in our film.  

KIM This is our troops budgeting document. It shows how much money we would likely pay if this was a professional production.  

GEORGIA This is our script which contains the dialogue as well as other sounds and stage directions.  

PLANNING - KIM  EDITING - GEORGIA filming will start with sound of clock ticking as we show the title  it will then show a clock - matching the sound of the clock ticking.  camera will fade into Connor (actor) walking through corridors. can hear them talking to themselves (internally) this will be voiceovers from other actors  follows them through the corridor and then pans across as they walk past and splits as it pans into the office room.  it'll initially show blurred clipboard and pan upwards, as if following the eye line of the therapist, this would then show Connor again.  as the therapist is asking them questions based off their past and how they are currently doing the camera will be changed to be behind the shoulder of the therapist as Connor answers the camera will flick between the therapist pov and Connors pov while Connor thinks of their answer. sound will be very loud silence between the shorter answering time  answers will be fast initia...

GEORGIA For our short film, we need to take into consideration some of the regulation, ethical and legal issues surrounding our production and actual content of our project. In terms of our regulation issues, our short film would need to be age rated in terms of appropriate language, violent imagery or any upsetting content. By setting an age rating for our short film, we avoid getting sued for offending or damaging our audience as it limits certain groups of people. We think that the BBFC would give our short film a 12A age rating as it doesn't include any graphic details but some parts are triggering such as the mental health and DID reveal. 'Our Life' is going to be distributed to all team members, meaning they will each have a copy of the short film. We would upload this video to Youtube and then link it onto our blogs.  Some legal issues which need to be addressed in our short film is health and safety. We counter these by completing some risk assessment fo...

PURPOSE   - Lily The purpose of our film is not only to entertain our audience but also to inform them about DID ( Dissociative identity disorder).  DID is a mental health condition in which people have two or more separate identities. These personalities control their behavior at different times. Each identity has its own personal history, traits, likes and dislikes.  We intend to have our audience learn something about the condition whilst also being entertained by the content. By addressing this in our short film, many people will likely find it easier to take in the information since it will be presented visually and they will be able to see what is happening rather than just read about it. FORM AND GENRE  - Kim  The form of our audio-visual product that we are making is a 5-10 minute long informative and entertaining short film. The purpose of our short film is to entertain and inform people on what the mental illness DID is, with a dramatised therapy sessi...

We are aiming for our short film to be of the age rating PG according to the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) guidelines. This is because there isn't any strong language or sexual/violent scenes, however the mentions of mental illness may be upsetting to some people.

  Genre: Dark Drama/Psychological  Some examples of short films which inspired us with their genre, camerawork and miss-en-scene:  Sound of Two  The Interview  Girl In Pieces 

As a team we began mind mapping some initial ideas for our short film. Mindmap #1 - some starting ideas about our short film  Mindmap #2 - some more specific ideas about what our short film is covering and including.

Team members: Kim - editing, storyboard,  Georgia - editing, written forms - recce, risk assessment etc  Lily - editing, moodboard Possible Genres: Social realist - fact/fictional, follows a journey  Documentary - bias/hobby/fictional  Crime/Action  Horror - mostly failures   Action - could link to social realist e.g drug dealers, car chase scene, injury/accident  Surrealist - romanticised, blurred of reality, dream like,  Comedy - hard to do  Examples: https://youtu.be/7_CW-fjcjdw  - Time https://youtu.be/BTgi8LtO31A  - The Pill  Mindmap: Characters Narrative - three act structure - enigma  Themes - binary opposition